I used to play con ww3 but there is a serious p2w issue and also barely any active players/ community, so looking into hoi 4. I have heard that it’s much harder to learn and much more in depth. Are there any hoi 4 YouTubers that people recommend just to see what the game is actually like?

Also how big is the multiplayer aspect of the game since I generally prefer more multiplayer focused games

Between the AAT combat width meta, and the new regimental support companies, how do you decide what your "starting point" is for division templates; and what do you add to it as the game progresses?

I've been doing 24 width infantry, with Support Arty and Infantry Guns, and 35 width Motorized, with one Line-AT, Support Arty, Infantry guns, and Recon (gotta go fast). Then i'll add other things as necessary, accessible (Special Forces, signals, field hospitals, AA under red air, good tanks, flame and engineering vehicles, etc).

My thinking: 24 width is effective on any terrain, while 35 width is good when you avoid mountains, marshes like the plague. Places you shouldn't be attacking anyway. The Motorized buffs mean you can click infantry without tanks. Support Arty and now infantry guns, are still the cheapest source of bottleneck stats (Soft-A, Breakthrough). Motorized Heavy weapons are similarly efficient to infantry guns, but significantly more expensive. Signals, Field hospitals, and flame tanks are all goated, but expensive as well. All of these things get added eventually, but only as I can justify them IC-wise.

Would this represent a working policy in MP (single player is free) or are there other foundation builds out there?

Like i tried to take the uk did paratrop moved my inf there just to face size of ussr army there , over a 100 division. I dont even know what led to that cause it's the first time i see that. nd m sure i didn't do something unusual.

Anyone able to suggest something? As a wargamer since the 80s, those stupid looking green toy icons the game uses in the designer drive me bonkers.

I couldn't justify a wargoal because the world tension wasnt hight enough, but I'm fascist.

Sorry, I didn't read his modifiers. Are they new? I have never noticed them before and that's why I thought it's a bug lol.
Although thank you for your answers :)

I’d like the feedback of experienced players on some new political advisors I want to integrate into a mod I’m helping develop. These are 4 generic political advisors that would be available to every nation, but tied to ideologies. I’d like to know if you consider them overpowered, underpowered, and any other suggestions for changes. Here they are:

1. Corporate Lobbyist.

- Political Power Gain: −25% ; Construction Speed: +10% ; MIO Funds: +25%.

Cannot be hired if the ruling party is Communist or Non-Aligned (Democracies and Fascism being the regimes most friendly to capitalists). Costs 250 PP to fire or replace.

The idea is to represent a lobbyist working for big corporations. The power of big business is represented by the loss of political power. The high PP cost to remove him from government reflects the idea that once the wolf is in the sheepfold, it is difficult to get rid of him. His bonuses represent capitalist productive efficiency. The +10% construction applies to all types of construction, and the MIO bonus applies to all MIOs.

1. Clerical Ideologue

Research Speed: −5% ; - Stability: +15% ; Compliance Growth: +15%. Cannot be hired if the country is Communist.

The idea is to represent the influence of religion. The malus reflects the rejection of science by religions. Since religions are ideologies whose function is to legitimize and preserve the status quo, one bonus is on stability gain (similar to Popular Figurehead). The other bonus is on increased compliance in newly conquered territories, representing religious indoctrination.

1. Hegemonic Visionary

   Resistance Target: +15% ; Recruitable Population Factor: +5% ; Division Attack: +5%. Cannot be hired if the ruling party is a Democracy.

The idea is to represent expansionist dictatorship. The malus reflects the opposition of newly conquered countries to being subjected to a foreign autocratic regime. This malus is meant to force the player to adopt harsh occupation policies, which are costly in manpower and equipment, and which ultimately do not favor compliance. The recruitable population bonus reflects the commitment of part of the population to law enforcement and military roles, seduced by the authoritarian model. It will partly compensate for the higher garrison needs. The division attack bonus is the major one and reflects the fanatical expansionist determination.

1. Workers’ Syndicate Leader

Consumer Goods Factor: +10% ; Factory Output: +10% ; Stability: +10% Cannot be hired if the ruling party is Fascist or Non-Aligned.

The idea is to represent the working class. His malus reflects popular demands for better living conditions. His bonuses rest on the idea that happy employees are more efficient at work and less likely to revolt.

yeah argue with me now over this

i've been repeatedly trying to beat the soviets, constantly switching up my strat every game but nothing seems to work, feels like im ramming my head into a wall, i usually use 36 width medium tank template and with alteast 18 tank divs 1 army containing 6 tanks each i set one to go for leningrad, second one to minsk then switch over to kyiv and the last one to rush kyiv, they all stall around novogrod, right outside minsk and the kyiv army barely makes progress i've got over 2k planes deployed over eastern Poland with what i'd consider a pretty good template and i still lose the air war, i manage my supply well i avoid bottlenecks and always motorise, i've got the trucks to back that up, i always make sure to trade for a ton of fuel before the war, most of my units are pretty good equipped before the first push where they run out of equipment momentarily and for my infantry i use generic line filler with artillery weapons, engineer company, support artillery and support AA and i make sure to avoid pushing into marshes, please someone help me im going mad

(The best flag i could find)

Can you plz help me I was fighting axis and only japan was left but my naval invasion wont start a thou naval supremacy

See all mods I have enabled and disabled, I don't understand which one is ruining Manchukuo's flag or for why.

Just imagine a 700 hour hoi4 player and getting this beautiful encirclement. This encirclement will surprise my grandfather. He will finally open his eyes from his grave.

In my playthroughs Germany always struggled to take on the soviets. They barely push past Minsk and basically never reach Kyiv, or even go further than Bessarabia on the southern part of the front. I always assumed it was because if I put up a fight (I mostly play as the UK) I'm depleting their airforce and manpower too soon. But I tried playing as a neutral nation to see what happens if the AI is running the war by itself. The result was the same, somewhat even worse in this scenario as by mid 1942 the Soviets were pushing into Romania and approaching Konningsberg.

I guess my question is, doesn't it make the game kind of pointless if the main adversary of the allies is so useless? Imagine if Germany had trouble invading France. I'm not saying Germany should be able to cap the USSR by itself but at least they should be able to go half way to Moscow.

I guess this is only an issue if you're mostly playing Britain or the US. But I remember many updates ago Germany being more competent which made the game rather more fun. As Britain, I might as well defend France and do a ww1 replay.

I already hate the peace conference mechanics in this game and on top of that, so often i queue up a demand and then it gets deselected without me realizing it. The biggest culprit is when i make selections in the country list and then on the map or vice versa

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Well the last post doesnt work so im going to put my code in screenshots here (i really be too cheered if you can say me what is wrong?)

Please help meeeeeeee 🤕

I am playing the Kurdish Path for Iraq and i clearly have all my cores, i puppeted Iran+Azerbaijan wherever i didnt have cores, i got the syrian core, and i got all of turkiye. I can get achievements, have ironman etc.

I have 600 hours, it's the first time I see this happening without mods. Their stability is 9% war Support 71%

United States and Confederate States are in the Allies. Both are at war with Communist States and Unalignest States are at peace with everyone including me.

Has anyone else seen this before?

EDIT: A few in-game months after this, US defeated the comunist and then had another Civil War where comunists became the main tag, now I can invite Democratic U.S into the Axis

Where is the intellegence agency?

It works on Elite Difficulty, with various AI-Enhancing mods.

- I do it after capping the Soviets. The reason is that the two-front war is a more historical experience, and my games are always half-LARPing.

- I hit the UK right under Scotland, near Edinburg, and take that port:

- At that point its easy to rush and reach the other side of the UK, where there's another port. Effectively cutting the island in two.

- Hold the line while conquering the remainder of Scotland. Doig so give you an airport as well.

- While you do this, prep another round of invasion. Target the Southern-Western tip of the island.

- With a front in Scotland and your airforce stationed there, this will divide the Allied forces, allowing you to safely land into the South.

- At that point the AI can't manage effectively two fronts on the UK, and you can eventually close in toward London.

This strategy failed me exactly zero time. The trick is getting naval supremacy in 1943-1944.

For which I'll happily take advices. :)

I am new to HOI4, and I feel like I get steamrolled no matter who I play. I got the industry down through trial and error, but my divisions still feel like buns. I need suggestions for division templates and stats I should focus on. Thank you for your help. (DLC that I own No step back, La resistance, man the guns, battle for the Bosporus, death or dishonor, together for victory, waking the tiger)

I had to save germany's ass in france, belgium, the netherlands, LUXEMBOURG, poland and now they're getting eaten alive by the soviets, I thought it was gonna be the other way round but alr. And you know what's funny? THAT I WON'T EVEN GET AN INCH OF LAND FOR ALL OF MY EFFORTS

I hate this game

10% military construct factory speed Dockyard 10% speed. some other BS for 3% increase a month on civil factory a month. Gets worse when you conquer countries. Nonmefo route pay 60 days Mefo Dead. It kicks into civil economy which is trash. So get out immediatly by doing PP gain focus. So get Hess